Caspar Kittel

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Caspar Kittel (1603 in Lauenstein–October 9, 1639 in Dresden) was a German Baroque theorbist and composer at the Dresden Hofkapelle. He was a pupil, then colleague of Heinrich Schütz, and preceded Schütz on the Kapellmeister's second sojourn in Italy from 1624.^[1] His brother was Christoph Kittel. His music was heavily influenced by the poetry of Martin Opitz.^[2]